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But the problem with renewable energy is it is still very expensive minus hydropower energy.
Even the devoloped countries have not able to utilize the renewable energy in large scale except Hydro projects. All Wind, Solar or geothermal power plants are relatively far more expensive than Hydro or Nuclear energy. We are a poor country we cannot rely on Wind or Solar energy at this stage. Sooner or later We will have to rely on Hydro projects to ensure cheaper electricity in our country.
Actually wind or solar plants are not that big in size. You see the turkish company installed i guess 5 plants of 1 megawatt each and projected to install a total of 50MW of electricity by Wind energy. That does not fullfill even 1% of our electricity demands.
We need bigger plants and only Hydro power projects such as Bungi Dam (6000MW - 7000MW) and Diamer Bhasha Dam (4500MW) or Nuclear plants of (300MW or 1000-1600MW designs) can only fullfil the requirements of our electricity.
Time to stop relying on fossil energy and make Hydro and Nuclear plants in Pakistan for cheaper electricity
it may seem like peanuts, but every contribution makes a difference.
by the way, dear brother each turbine produces 50MW; Projected total capacity would be 250 MW.
Zorlu Enerji is reported to have completed five wind turbines in Jhimpir, each capable of producing 1.2 megawatts of electricity. Though initially 6MW of electricity will be produced by the company, the project will be expanded to 50MW in the next few years.
Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company and New Park Energy Limited (NPEL) have signed a contract for the supply of electrical part on turnkey basis for NPEL 50MW wind power project near Gharo.
agha, it is nuclear powerplants which are expensive! We would need to import most, if not all the fuel.
btw, people in FATA get free electricity as long as they dont go beyond a certain quota
(which most dont, given that households dont use much electricity apart from light, one tv and a few paankas here and there)
this trend also needs to be changed; even if some of the people protest.
My ancestral village is in FATA, and even then i will say that this is a stupid policy in Pakistan --even if the people dont use much electricity there.
They should pay for whatever they use, even if it is at slightly subsidized rate
Whenever Hydel Power is mentioned, people fail to realize that sedimentation is major concern as Pakistan is facing the second highest rate globally of sedimentation in dams after Philippines. Major dams not only will kill whatever is left of the mangroves in the Sindh delta, they will further reduce the flow of the one magnificent Indus. (the argument of water being wasted does not apply here)
Run of the river hydel power projects are more expensive but are far suitable for us. PPIB has long been advocating even more reliance on thermal power stations, which is understandably a very costly solution. Even though, the IP gas pipeline will help us reduce the natural gas shortage that we are facing (and which will increase exponentially), nuclear power is the way forward.
If anybody would like to study how a developing country tackles its electricity demands, South Korea is the best model. They have developed an ingenious nuclear power plant capability and have more than 15000MW of nuclear power installed. Hydel power cannot be relied on forever, especially in our case. We don't have a Three Gorges sitting in front of us. Major dams are existing and a bunch of medium size dams surely can be constructed. Hydel as a primary source of electricity is fascinating to many people who are uneducated in this field.
We seriously need to increase nuclear power generation far beyond what we produce today. And we also need to start offering nuclear power engineering at undergrad level in UET Lahore and NED (them being the biggest).
As for solar and wind, solar is the most expensive of all solutions and Zaki's graph clearly shows that. As for wind, we do not have major windy plains but coastal areas can definitely benefit from it. Even then, wind power would require either relying on foreign companies to bring in their high tech ceramics and wind turbines. Nuclear power FTW !!!
why doesn't government take any initiative in this sector? don't they listen to engineers and scientists or do they just ignore them? what's the problem?
The decision was to form a "China-Pakistan Power Plant Corporation" way back in 2008. As usual we're relying on China for everything. Ingeniousness solutions are necessary if we want to keep the long term costs down. However we try to convince ourselves that we are "great" in the nuclear sector, sadly our industry hasn't geared up for local production of turbines and have been addicted to importing it. Pakistan Nuclear Power Fuel Complex has been set up to increase yield for reactor grade uranium though. If we are to increase our reliance on nuclear power, we would have to increase the capacity of PAEC beyond what it is and PAEC will have to change towards being more of a power generation company than what it has been traditionally.
Let's hope KANUPP-II and CHASNUPP-2 go well ahead of plan and get on the grid soon.
They listen and they are implementing. Unfortunately, nuclear power plants take as much time as hydel power plants to be set up. Thermal Power Plants can be set up real quick.
There's a slight problem with nuclear power, palm rubbing is far less prevalent because you can't rake bribes within government institutions though (MoWP taking bribes from PAEC, lolz).